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In reply to the discussion: US troops deliver food, supplies to devastated Puerto Rico during round-the-clock operations [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Why is this particular ship so fucking necessary? Please be specific.
I've listed the reasons the Department of Defense chose not to activate it for this purpose. I've detailed why the Kearsarge and Oak Hill, together, make the addition of the Comfort irrelevant and inefficient. Reasons for which the Navy has been asking to replace the Comfort.
This isn't a game. There are finite resources, and finite manpower and people in desperate need. Faster turnaround on the Iwo Jima would be a material help. The Comfort is not a material help in this particular case.
It's possible to do things, to make a lot of noise and move big things around without helping anyone. Moving things around for the purposes of being seen doing something, anything, was a criticism that came out of analysis of the response to Superstorm Sandy.
We've made this mistake before.